"거지" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [ˈkɘ(ː)d͡ʑi] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: geoji [romanization]
Etymology: First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 것ᄫᅡᅀᅵ〮 (Yale: kèsWàzí). The Jeju language forms 걸버시 (geolbeosi) and 걸바시 (geolbasi), which are clearly cognate to but cannot be directly descended from the Middle Korean form (which show later inter-sonorant lenition of /p/ and /s/ to /β/ and /z/), implies that the first element was derived from Sino-Korean 乞 (geol, “to beg”). The intermediary Middle Korean form 거ᇫ워ᅀᅵ (Yale: kezwezi) is attested in the later fifteenth century. The first /z/ was regularly deleted sometime in the sixteenth century, while the second underwent an irregular fortition to /ts/, producing the Early Modern forms 거어지 (geo'eoji) and 거워지 (geowoji). These coalesced into 거지 (geoji) towards the end of the nineteenth century. Etymology templates: {{ko-etym-native|ss|것ᄫᅡᅀᅵ〮|kèsWàzí}} First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 것ᄫᅡᅀᅵ〮 (Yale: kèsWàzí)., {{okm-inline|거ᇫ워ᅀᅵ|kezwezi}} 거ᇫ워ᅀᅵ (Yale: kezwezi), {{ko-inline|거어지}} 거어지 (geo'eoji), {{ko-inline|거워지}} 거워지 (geowoji), {{ko-inline|거지}} 거지 (geoji) Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 거지 • (geoji)
  1. beggar
    Sense id: en-거지-ko-noun-DVr988Bw Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with dialectal pitch accent marked, Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Native Korean words, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Korean terms with dialectal pitch accent marked: 67 33 Disambiguation of Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable: 69 31 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 58 42 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Native Korean words: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
  2. (slang, offensive) blighter; jerk Tags: offensive, slang
    Sense id: en-거지-ko-noun-Lrw7OI5K
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